David Hackett Fischer
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Series
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Language
English
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Description
"While most people in the United States today have no British ancestors, they have assimilated regional cultures which were created by British colonists, even while preserving ethnic identities at the same time. In this sense, nearly all Americans are "Albion's Seed," no matter what their ethnicity may be. The concluding section of this remarkable book explores the ways that regional cultures have continued to dominate national politics from 1789...
Author
Series
America a cultural history volume 3
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"A brilliant synthesis of African and African-American history that shows how slavery differed in different regions of the country, and how the Africans and their descendants influenced the culture, commerce, and laws of the early United States"--
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.4 - AR Pts: 26
Language
English
Description
"Six months after the Declaration of Independence, the American Revolution was all but lost. A powerful British force had routed the Americans at New York, occupied three colonies, and advanced within sight of Philadelphia. Yet George Washington, and many other Americans, refused to let the Revolution die. On Christmas night, as a howling nor'easter struck the Delaware Valley, he led his men across the river and attacked the exhausted Hessian garrison...
9) The revolution of American conservatism: the Federalist Party in the era of Jeffersonian democracy
Author
Publisher
Harper & Row
Pub. Date
[1965]
Language
English